Record Details
| NHER Number: | 38038 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Medieval horse harness pendant (Alderford, poorly located; Attlebridge, poorly located; Swannington, poorly located) |
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Summary
Metal detecting in the 1990s recovered a 12th century gilded horse harness pendant from an area thought to be somewhere within the civil parishes of Alderford, Attlebridge or Swannington.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | ALDERFORD, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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| ATTLEBRIDGE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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| SWANNINGTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1990s. Metal detecting. In Alderford, Attlebridge, Swannington area. No other findspot details.
Medieval horse harness pendant, gilded, early (round shouldered) shield-shaped, engraved rocker-arm decoration in the form of an escarbuncle. Probably 12th century.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 12 February 2003.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white. |
Related records - none
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